It is fantastic to see that Mono is keeping up with the CLR / .Net evolution. They
just reached the feature complete state for their C# 4.0 compiler, as reported by Marak
Safar from the Mono compiler team.

Optional parameters, named arguments, dynamic binding and of course covariance and
contravariance. I’m especially excited about the last one as it will help a lot with
complex generics-based frameworks. That said, dynamic binding remains the most general
purpose feature in this version.

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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:51:29 GMT<p>
It is fantastic to see that Mono is keeping up with the CLR / .Net evolution. They
just reached the feature complete state for their C# 4.0 compiler, as reported by <a href="http://mareksafar.blogspot.com/2009/12/mono-and-c-40.html">Marak
Safar</a> from the Mono compiler team.
</p>
<p>
Optional parameters, named arguments, dynamic binding and of course covariance and
contravariance. I’m especially excited about the last one as it will help a lot with
complex generics-based frameworks. That said, dynamic binding remains the most general
purpose feature in this version.
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This was slightly unexpected, but I’m happily surprised that Miguel de Icaza will
host an official session
about Mono during this years Microsoft PDC in Los Angeles. Usually, we only see
Microsoft employees presenting at this conference.

Perhaps Microsoft is warming up to Mono – it would allow development of .Net clients
on other platforms – convenient for their new Cloud Services push?

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Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:47:23 GMT<p>
This was slightly unexpected, but I’m happily surprised that Miguel de Icaza will
host an official <a href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2008/Oct-01-1.html">session
about Mono</a> during this years Microsoft PDC in Los Angeles. Usually, we only see
Microsoft employees presenting at this conference.
</p>
<p>
Perhaps Microsoft is warming up to Mono – it would allow development of .Net clients
on other platforms – convenient for their new Cloud Services push?
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It’s a great day for cross platform .Net as Mono
v2.0 is released. Now fully stocked with ADO.NET
2.0 / ASP.NET 2.0 / Windows
Forms 2.0 as well as a C# 3.0 compiler and LINQ support. In other words, there
are also some .Net 3.5 bits in there.

It also ships with a nice collection of ADO.NET providers that are not available in
the Microsoft distribution, as well as the usual non-Windows native goodies.

Interesting to see that they are also bundling the C5
Generic Collection library, indicating that this is probably an area where the
base class libraries need more work, features and standardization.

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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:12:05 GMT<p>
It’s a great day for cross platform .Net as <a href="http://www.mono-project.com">Mono
v2.0</a> is released. Now fully stocked with <a href="http://www.mono-project.com/ADO.NET">ADO.NET
2.0</a> / <a href="http://www.mono-project.com/ASP.NET">ASP.NET 2.0</a> / <a href="http://www.mono-project.com/WinForms">Windows
Forms 2.0</a> as well as a C# 3.0 compiler and LINQ support. In other words, there
are also some .Net 3.5 bits in there.
</p>
<p>
It also ships with a nice collection of ADO.NET providers that are not available in
the Microsoft distribution, as well as the usual non-Windows native goodies.
</p>
<p>
Interesting to see that they are also bundling the <a href="http://www.itu.dk/research/c5/">C5
Generic Collection</a> library, indicating that this is probably an area where the
base class libraries need more work, features and standardization.
</p>http://blogarchive.morty.info/CommentView.aspx?guid=33c100eb-26c4-4cb6-9f01-bcefd8538bcaArchitectureMonohttp://blogarchive.morty.info/Trackback.aspx?guid=e582fa7f-cc39-4794-a0cd-40c9a7c6b3e6http://blogarchive.morty.info/pingback.aspxhttp://blogarchive.morty.info/PermaLink.aspx?guid=e582fa7f-cc39-4794-a0cd-40c9a7c6b3e6Morten Abrahamsenhttp://blogarchive.morty.info/CommentView.aspx?guid=e582fa7f-cc39-4794-a0cd-40c9a7c6b3e6http://blogarchive.morty.info/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=e582fa7f-cc39-4794-a0cd-40c9a7c6b3e6

I’ve just noticed a nice little article about the importance of Mono (.Net on other
platforms). Mono is one of my favorite open source projects, not to mention the significance
I feel it has in the .Net domain. Have a look.

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Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:23:53 GMT<p>
I’ve just noticed a nice little article about the importance of Mono (.Net on other
platforms). Mono is one of my favorite open source projects, not to mention the significance
I feel it has in the .Net domain. Have a <a href="http://www.kudzuworld.com/blogs/tech/Mono.no.aspx">look<a>.
</p>
>http://blogarchive.morty.info/CommentView.aspx?guid=e582fa7f-cc39-4794-a0cd-40c9a7c6b3e6ArchitectureMonohttp://blogarchive.morty.info/Trackback.aspx?guid=a9facf31-a45a-40c7-b2bf-2fe9f43ca7b3http://blogarchive.morty.info/pingback.aspxhttp://blogarchive.morty.info/PermaLink.aspx?guid=a9facf31-a45a-40c7-b2bf-2fe9f43ca7b3Morten Abrahamsenhttp://blogarchive.morty.info/CommentView.aspx?guid=a9facf31-a45a-40c7-b2bf-2fe9f43ca7b3http://blogarchive.morty.info/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=a9facf31-a45a-40c7-b2bf-2fe9f43ca7b3

Paco Martinez over at Mono has created
an easy to use Gtk# and Glade# installer that not only installs all the required files,
but also includes a VS.NET 2003 compliant SDK with project templates, documentation
and samples.

The ultimate
goal of this installer is to provide the best development experience when creating
Gtk# applications in a Windows development environment.

So if you are looking to develop cross platform .Net Windows applications, or you
simply want to give a WinForms alternative a try; head over to this blog
posting for download information and additional resources.

It’s really cool to see how the CLR platform is catching on.

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Sun, 08 Aug 2004 15:18:14 GMT<p>
Paco Martinez over at <a href="http://www.mono-project.com/">Mono</a> has created
an easy to use Gtk# and Glade# installer that not only installs all the required files,
but also includes a VS.NET 2003 compliant SDK with project templates, documentation
and samples.
</p>
<blockquote cite=http://www.mfconsulting.com/blog/archives/000033.html>The ultimate
goal of this installer is to provide the best development experience when creating
Gtk# applications in a Windows development environment.</blockquote>
<p>
So if you are looking to develop cross platform .Net Windows applications, or you
simply want to give a WinForms alternative a try; head over to this <a href="http://www.mfconsulting.com/blog/archives/000033.html">blog
posting</a> for download information and additional resources.
</p>
<p>
It&#8217;s really cool to see how the CLR platform is catching on.
</p>
<blockquote></blockquote>http://blogarchive.morty.info/CommentView.aspx?guid=a9facf31-a45a-40c7-b2bf-2fe9f43ca7b3GeneralMonohttp://blogarchive.morty.info/Trackback.aspx?guid=191f4cff-134f-4ebd-8bc9-059824f16c0ahttp://blogarchive.morty.info/pingback.aspxhttp://blogarchive.morty.info/PermaLink.aspx?guid=191f4cff-134f-4ebd-8bc9-059824f16c0aMorten Abrahamsenhttp://blogarchive.morty.info/CommentView.aspx?guid=191f4cff-134f-4ebd-8bc9-059824f16c0ahttp://blogarchive.morty.info/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=191f4cff-134f-4ebd-8bc9-059824f16c0a

Mono, an Open Source implementation of
.Net finally makes it to its first release, the big version 1.0. After years of development
it’s nice to see the progress they’ve made.

Congratulations to the team.

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Thu, 01 Jul 2004 08:57:49 GMT<p>
<a href="http://www.mono-project.com/">Mono</a>, an Open Source implementation of
.Net finally makes it to its first release, the big version 1.0. After years of development
it&#8217;s nice to see the progress they&#8217;ve made.
</p>
<p>
Congratulations to the team.
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I guess this means that if they stay on track we will have a fairly stable multiplatform
CLR and BCL this summer. The mono platform still lacks several critical enterprise
features, but it is interesting to see what they have accomplished so far.

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Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:56:42 GMT<p>
The mono team has put up an updated <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/road-to-1.0.html">roadmap</a> for
the <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/">mono project</a>.
</p>
<p>
Beta 1: May 4th - Feature Complete
</p>
<p>
Beta 2: June 1st
</p>
<p>
Mono 1.0: June 30th
</p>
<p>
I guess this means that if they stay on track we will have a fairly stable multiplatform
CLR and BCL this summer. The mono platform still lacks several critical enterprise
features, but it is interesting to see what they have accomplished so far.
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